# Resident Evil (2002)

> An amnesiac fighter joins a trapped military team in a sealed laboratory where a corporate virus has turned scientific research into a zombie siege.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1032

## Facts

- Runtime: 100 min
- Genres: Horror, Action, Science Fiction
- Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
- Cast: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy, Martin Crewes, Colin Salmon, Pasquale Aleardi, Heike Makatsch
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: tense, kinetic, paranoid, late night horror marathon, action movie night

## Movies like Resident Evil

- [Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/7937)
- [Doom (2005)](https://ember.film/movie/4221)
- [Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)](https://ember.film/movie/1033)
- [Devil's Playground (2010)](https://ember.film/movie/31445)
- [Quarantine (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/8066)
- [Outpost (2008)](https://ember.film/movie/4376)
- [Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)](https://ember.film/movie/104119)
- [Dead Rising: Watchtower (2015)](https://ember.film/movie/178223)
- [The Scribbler (2014)](https://ember.film/movie/143180)
- [Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)](https://ember.film/movie/1043105)

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